12 Chinese sailors killed near Golden Triangle
Twelve Chinese crew members on two boats plying the Mekong River were killed by suspected drug traffickers who hijacked their ships to smuggle speed pills, news reports said Monday.
The China Daily newspaper said that the boats were hijacked last Wednesday and that the bodies were found near Chiang Rai in northern Thailand on Friday and Saturday. Most of the victims had been bound and blindfolded with adhesive tape and shot, the paper said. One crew member remains missing, it said. (AP)
